The Factory was a nasty little stroll through, (you guessed it!), an abandoned factory.

Four old friends meet up for the funeral of the fifth member of their group. Back in their school days, all 5 would get together and go on urban exploring trips. Urban Exploring (Urbex, as this group calls it), is the inspection of abandoned buildings, preferably at night, since technically it's an illegal activity. As a tribute to their recently deceased mate, they decide to explore the factory that HE had always wanted to check out when he was alive. As you may have guessed, everything did not work out for the best. To find out exactly what happened, you'll have to read this book.

This novella was packed full of atmosphere. I mean, really, what better place for a haunting than an old abandoned factory? Especially one that was known to have employed children? Everything is covered with layers of dust and strange noises own the night. Our plucky explorers think they have a handle on everything because they have flashlights and radios. They could not have been more wrong.

The ending packed one heck of a punch. Usually stories of hauntings fall short for me at the denouement, but not this one. It did not flinch away from what needed to be done and faced it head on. Bravo!

Recommended for fans of haunting stories, both in the haunted house sense and in the sense that this story may stay with you for weeks to come.

*I received a free e-copy if this book in exchange for my honest review. This is it.*

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The GLUE Club...

The Factory is a novella about a group of friends that took up urban exploring of old abandoned buildings when they were in college and formed a group called the Gaffney Legendary Urban Explorers Club a.k.a. the GLUE Club. When one of their group members dies suddenly they all reunite for the funeral. To honor their friend's memory, they all decide to go exploring the one building that they've talked about for years because of the rumors that swirled around it, but weren't able to explore before, because it's always been heavily guarded. Now though, the building has been put up for sale and the guards removed, so the GLUE Club finally finds a way in- but getting out isn't as easy!!!

I'm fascinated with urban exploring and if I lived in a bigger city that had urban exploring groups I would immediately take it up as a hobby. So when I saw this novella was about urban explorers I was thrilled to death. It was a pretty intense story and I loved the old factory setting. I thought the parallel story line that was presented through the supernatural elements, about the factory workers and its owner, was also done very well.

My only complaint is that it wasn't long enough. That's just a personal thing though that I have with novellas. I never feel like I have enough time to really get to know the characters and as soon as I start getting into the story-it's over.

If you don't mind reading novellas and are in the mood for a quick scare, I would highly recommend checking this one out. 

*I read this for my 2016 Halloween Bingo: ~Read By Candlelight or Flashlight~ square.
I read it this weekend, late at night, in complete darkness, with only a small headlamp similar to what they use for exploring and that added even more creepiness to the story- where they saw shadows in the factory, I was seeing shadows in my recreation room too. : ) That was a lot of fun! If you read this story, you should definitely try it!

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